[extropy-chat] Abstruse Theorist Dies

John K Clark jonkc at att.net
Sun Oct 10 19:22:24 UTC 2004


NOTE: This essay is completely meaningless and was randomly generated by the
Postmodernism Generator.
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Feminism, Predialectic Marxism and Social Rrealism
by

Barbara J. G. Tilton

Department of Deconstruction, University of Illinois

"Culture is meaningless," says Sartre. Several theories concerning the
submodern paradigm of consensus exist.

It could be said that in Queer, Burroughs deconstructs capitalist
situationism; in Port of Saints, although, he examines social realism. Any
number of discourses concerning not construction, but preconstruction may be
found.

However, the primary theme of Hubbard's[1] critique of the dialectic
paradigm of narrative is the role of the reader as observer. Many discourses
concerning Lyotardist narrative exist. In a sense, the economy of capitalist
situationism depicted in Burroughs's The Ticket that Exploded is also
evident in Junky, although in a more postcultural sense. The subject is
interpolated into a Lyotardist narrative that includes consciousness as a
totality.

2. Burroughs and social realism
In the works of Burroughs, a predominant concept is the concept of dialectic
language. Thus, Scuglia[2] suggests that we have to choose between
Lyotardist narrative and preconceptual rationalism. The characteristic theme
of the works of Burroughs is the difference between class and sexual
identity.

"Society is fundamentally unattainable," says Lacan. But the premise of
capitalist situationism implies that sexuality may be used to disempower
minorities. Any number of depatriarchialisms concerning the role of the
participant as writer may be discovered.

In a sense, Foucault uses the term 'social realism' to denote a
self-fulfilling paradox. If capitalist situationism holds, we have to choose
between cultural subdialectic theory and deconstructive theory.

It could be said that Abian[3] states that the works of Burroughs are an
example of mythopoetical capitalism. A number of deconstructions concerning
social realism exist.

Therefore, the subject is contextualised into a capitalist situationism that
includes art as a totality. If Marxist socialism holds, we have to choose
between social realism and submodern narrative.
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1. Hubbard, J. E. ed. (1971) The Genre of Reality: Lyotardist narrative and
social realism. Schlangekraft
2. Scuglia, P. (1985) Social realism in the works of Burroughs. Oxford
University Press

3. Abian, H. C. G. ed. (1990) Deconstructing Baudrillard: Social realism and
Lyotardist narrative. Schlangekraft






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